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Airborne Electronics Forecast

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Japan’s Pursuit of New-Generation Stealth Fighter Confronts Hurdles

Friday, March 16, 2018

by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Japan’s Ministry of Defense is facing a dilemma in its quest to develop an indigenous stealth combat aircraft that would replace the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fleet of F-2 fighters … Continue reading →

Major Electronics Upgrades a Key Part of the Netherlands’ AH-64D to AH-64E Remanufacture

Thursday, March 15, 2018

by C. Zachary Hofer, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The Netherlands has received approval from the U.S. State Department for the upgrade and remanufacture of its AH-64D Block II Apache attack helicopters to the AH-64E configuration. While the contract would largely entail … Continue reading →

U.S. Cyber Command Broadens Its Missions

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

By Richard Sterk, Defense Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Cyber Command’s (USCYBERCOM) mission is to deter or defeat strategic threats to U.S. interests and infrastructure, provide mission assurance for the operations and defense of the Department of Defense information … Continue reading →

EVENDALE, OH -- GE Marine Solutions' LM2500 marine gas turbines have been selected to power the United States Navy’s new DDG 126 and 127 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. These new destroyers are being built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Maine ... Read more

WASHINGTON -- The United States could use unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) as part of its missile defense system. The Pentagon could receive funding for such a program in FY2019.
The UAV would target ballistic missiles, including those of North Korea ... Read more

WARSAW, Poland -- Minister of Defense for the Czech Republic, Karla Slechtova, has announced that her ministry will not sign a contract for eight Israeli-made IAI Elta Systems EL/M-2084 multi-mission radars due to questions regarding their interopera ... Read more

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Development of the first version of the Dragon has been completed, SpaceX is now using it to conduct routine resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Furthermore, SpaceX reused a Dragon for the first time in 2017. ... Read more

In December, small-satellite company Swarm Technologies Inc. received word from the Federal Communications Commission that its request to launch and operate four tiny satellites was denied.
The agency said in a letter that it denied the application because the satellites — which measured less than 4 inches on one side — were too small to be tracked by the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, which is supposed to catalog all man-made objects that orbit the Earth. That would make it hard to ensure the satellites weren't going to hit other spacecraft in orbit, the FCC said. .... Read more

EAST HARTFORD — Pratt & Whitney’s joint venture with General Electric, Engine Alliance, is “aggressively competing” to supply the engines for a new Emirates Airlines order for as many as 20 Airbus A380 super jumbo jets, a company official said. .... Read more

The Air Force’s fiscal year 2019 budget request keeps most procurement efforts on track, but deals a potential setback to industry by cutting a major acquisition program.
The spending blueprint, released Feb. 12, would scrap the forthcoming joint surveillance target attack radar system, or JSTARS, recapitalization program.
As an alternative, the Air Force wants to modernize several existing aircraft and keep the current E-8C JSTARS platforms operational through the mid-2020s “as we develop and transition to an advanced battle management system,” according to budget documents. .... Read more